Continuum Medical Staffing

California: Restricted Practice, outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. California NPs generally practice under standardized procedures developed collaboratively with physicians and furnish drugs and devices under physician supervision. NPs who complete a transition to practice in California of three full-time equivalent years or 4,600 hours can be certified to practice without standardized procedures in a group setting with a physician, and usually after at least three more years in good standing, in an independent setting.

Arkansas: Reduced Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Arkansas NPs need a collaborative practice agreement, typically with a physician, to prescribe unless they hold a certificate of full independent practice authority. An NP can apply for that certificate after 6,240 hours of practice under an agreement with a physician or with prescriptive authority in another jurisdiction.

Hawaii: Full Practice, outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. Hawaii NPs can practice independently with full prescriptive authority.

Oregon: Full Practice, outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. Oregon grants full practice authority to NPs.

Texas: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Texas requires NPs to have a prescriptive authority agreement with a supervising physician.